JP6447898B2 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit.

  In recent years, in cellular mobile communication systems, it is becoming common to transmit not only audio data but also large-capacity data such as still image data and moving image data as information becomes multimedia. In LTE-Advanced (Long Term Evolution Advanced), studies are being actively conducted to achieve high transmission rates using wideband wireless bands, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission technology, and interference control technology. Yes.

  Furthermore, in LTE-Advanced, it is considered to arrange a small cell, which is a base station with low transmission power (sometimes called an eNB), to realize a high hot spot transmission rate. Assigning a frequency different from that of a macro cell as a carrier frequency for operating a small cell has been studied (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  In addition, the small cell is operated in a carrier configuration called New Carrier Type (NCT) different from the carrier configuration up to LTE-Advanced rel. 11 (referred to as BCT: Backward compatible carrier. For example, see FIG. 1A). It is being considered. NCT reduces PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) and CRS (Cell Specific Reference Signal) transmitted in BCT, and uses EPDCCH (enhanced PDCCH) for downlink (DL) control signal transmission to demodulate signals. The use of DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) is being studied (see, for example, FIG. 1B). The EPDCCH is arranged in the data area, and the base station can transmit the EPDCCH by determining frequency resources. Therefore, with EPDCCH, transmission power control for a control signal, control of interference given to another cell by a control signal to be transmitted, or control of interference given from another cell to the own cell can be realized.

  Moreover, what assumed that a terminal (UE: User Equipment) is connected to both a macro cell and a small cell and what assumed that UE was connected only to a small cell are examined. A carrier used in a small cell when a UE is assumed to be connected to both a macro cell and a small cell is called NS-NCT (Non standalone-NCT). On the other hand, when it is assumed that the UE is connected only to the small cell, the carrier used in the small cell is called S-NCT (standalone-NCT).

  When connecting to a small cell using NS-NCT, it is assumed that the UE first connects to the macro cell and is instructed by the macro cell to connect to the small cell using NS-NCT. Therefore, a small cell using NS-NCT can perform UE connection processing with macro cell support.

  On the other hand, since the small cell using S-NCT does not support macro cells, the small cell itself needs to connect the UE. In addition, small cells using S-NCT are considered to support not only connective mode UEs but also idle mode UEs that do not perform data communication. That is, when using S-NCT, the small cell using S-NCT needs to transmit information for Idle mode UE so that idle mode UE can recognize the presence of the small cell (for example, cell detection).

  In BCT where a macro cell is operated, idle mode UE performs synchronization and cell detection using PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) / SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal) which is a synchronization signal, and after obtaining the cell ID of the macro cell, A MIB (Master Information Block) is received, and a transmission band, PHICH (Physical HARQ Indicator Channel) arrangement information, a frame number, and the like are acquired. After that, the UE monitors the CSS (Common Search Space) of the PDCCH in which the shift pattern is defined by the cell ID, and blindly detects system information, paging, and DCI (Downlink Control Information) related to RACH. Each DCI related to system information, paging, and RACH is masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, RA-RNTI, and the like. In addition, since eNB does not recognize that Idle mode UE is monitoring the cell of the said eNB, it cannot transmit the information for Idle mode UE using UE control signal.

3GPP TR 36.872 V0.3.0, “Small Cell Enhancements for E-UTRA and E-UTRAN Physical Layer Aspects” R1-121193, “Summary of email discussion on CSS for ePDCCH,” Fujitsu

  Similarly to BCT, even in a small cell using S-NCT, a mechanism is required in which idle mode UE can recognize the small cell and receive DCI related to system information, paging and RACH. However, as described above, PDCCH is not transmitted in NCT (see FIG. 1B). For this reason, in NCT, CSS (hereinafter referred to as EPDCCH CSS) is also set in EPDCCH, and the UE needs to receive system information, paging and RACH-related DCI in EPDCCH CSS. At that time, the EPDCCH CSS needs to be able to be recognized and monitored by the UE even without a UE-specific control signal. In addition, a mechanism capable of acquiring idle mode UE is also required for the RB number and the number of RBs in which EPDCCH is arranged. In addition, although arrangement | positioning CSS in EPDCCH was once examined in BCT of rel.11 (refer nonpatent literature 2), introduction was postponed. In this study, the EPDCCH CSS is mainly for connected UEs, and the discussion was based on the assumption that the resources of the EPDCCH CSS are notified by higher layer signaling.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit that allow an idle mode UE to recognize a small cell and receive a DCI in a small cell using S-NCT.

  A base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a base station apparatus that uses a carrier configuration in which an EPDCCH is arranged in a data area without an area in which a PDCCH is arranged, and configures a search space in the EPDCCH A generation unit for generating the allocation information scrambled by a cell ID of the base station apparatus, the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and the search space. And a transmission unit that transmits a control signal assigned to.

  A terminal apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention does not have an area where a PDCCH is arranged, and a received signal transmitted from a base station apparatus using a carrier configuration in which an EPDCCH is arranged in a data area, A detection unit that detects a detection signal indicating a cell ID; a first reception unit that extracts allocation information indicating a resource constituting a search space in the EPDCCH from the received signal using the cell ID; and And a second receiver that extracts a control signal from the received signal by performing blind decoding on the search space.

  A transmission method according to an aspect of the present invention is a transmission method in a base station apparatus that uses a carrier configuration in which an EPDCCH is arranged in a data area without an area in which a PDCCH is arranged, and the search space in the EPDCCH Generating the allocation information scrambled with a cell ID of the base station device, and generating the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and the search space. Transmit the assigned control signal.

  A reception method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception signal transmitted from a base station apparatus that uses a carrier configuration in which a PDCCH is disposed in a data area and does not have an area in which a PDCCH is disposed. A detection signal indicating a cell ID is detected, and using the cell ID, allocation information indicating a resource constituting a search space in the EPDCCH is extracted from the received signal, and blind decoding is performed on the search space. As a result, a control signal is extracted from the received signal.

  According to the present invention, in a small cell using S-NCT, an idle mode UE can recognize the small cell and receive a DCI.

Diagram showing carrier configuration in BCT and NCT The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the base station which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the correspondence of the transmission bandwidth which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and the number of RBs of EPDCCH CSS The figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of EPDCCH CSS which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS which concerns on the variation of Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS which concerns on the variation of Embodiment 1 of this invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the base station which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS in each sub-frame which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention (operation example 1) The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS in each sub-frame which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention (operation example 2) The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention (operation example 3) The figure which shows the arrangement method of EPDCCH CSS in each sub-frame which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention (operation example 3) The figure which shows the arrangement | positioning method of the other EPDCCH CSS which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention (operation example 3)

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted because it is duplicated.

(Embodiment 1)
[Configuration of communication system]
The communication system according to the present embodiment is, for example, an LTE-Advanced system, and includes a base station 100 and a terminal 200. The base station 100 is, for example, a small cell corresponding to the LTE-Advanced system, and the terminal 200 is a terminal corresponding to the LTE-Advanced system, and is connected only to the base station 100 (small cell). That is, base station 100 and terminal 200 use S-NCT (hereinafter also simply referred to as NCT).

  The base station 100 arranges the EPDCCH CSS in the NCT, and transmits system information, paging, and a DCI regarding RACH using the EPDCCH CSS. At this time, the base station 100 notifies the terminal 200 of resource allocation information for specifying the start position and the number of RBs in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged by using the NCT-MIB (MIB arranged in the NCT). Note that the RB in which the NCT-MIB is arranged may be set in common for all cells, similarly to the BCT, or may be determined based on the cell ID of the small cell (base station 100). The NCT-MIB is subjected to a scrambling process based on the cell ID of the small cell.

  In BCT, cell detection and synchronization in a terminal are performed using PSS / SSS, whereas in NCT, PSS / SSS, CRS are used as detection signals (discovery signals) or synchronization signals (synchronization signals). The use of CSI-RS, PRS or newly designed signals is under consideration. In NCT, whether the terminal is already synchronized with the base station, whether it is necessary to perform only cell detection in the terminal, or whether it is necessary to perform synchronization in addition to cell detection in the terminal depends on the cell design. However, in the present embodiment, the detection signal (discovery signal) and the synchronization signal (Synchronization signal) are not particularly distinguished, and the two are collectively referred to as “discovery signal”.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, a case will be described where terminal 200 can specify a cell ID from a discovery signal, but the cell ID may be notified to terminal 200 in advance from a neighboring cell or the like. Terminal 200 demodulates the NCT-MIB using the DMRS of the RB in which the NCT-MIB is arranged or the cell ID notified by the discovery signal.

[Main Configuration of Base Station 100]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of base station 100 according to the present embodiment. Base station 100 does not have a region (PDCCH region) in which PDCCH is arranged, and uses a carrier configuration (NCT) in which EPDCCH is arranged in a data region. In the base station 100, the master information generation unit 101 generates allocation information indicating resources constituting a search space (EPDCCH CSS) in the EPDCCH and scrambled by the cell ID of the base station 100. The signal allocation unit 106 allocates the allocation information and a detection signal indicating a cell ID (discovery signal) to a corresponding resource, and allocates a control signal (DCI) to the search space. Thereby, allocation information, a detection signal (discovery signal) indicating a cell ID, and a control signal (DCI) allocated to the search space are transmitted.

[Main Configuration of Terminal 200]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of terminal 200 according to the present embodiment. In terminal 200, signal demultiplexing section 202 does not have an area in which PDCCH is arranged, and receives a reception signal transmitted from base station 100 using a carrier configuration (NCT) in which EPDCCH is arranged in a data area. The discovery signal detection unit 205 detects a detection signal (discovery signal) indicating the cell ID of the base station 100 from the received signal, and the master information reception unit 206 uses the cell ID to detect the EPDCCH in the EPDCCH. The common control signal receiving unit 207 extracts the control signal (DCI) from the received signal by performing blind decoding on the search space.

[Configuration of Base Station 100]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of base station 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 4, a base station 100 includes a master information generation unit 101, a discovery signal generation unit 102, a common control signal generation unit 103, an error correction coding unit 104, a modulation unit 105, a signal allocation unit 106, The transmitter 107, the receiver 108, the demodulator 109, and the error correction decoder 110 are included.

  The master information generation unit 101 generates control information to be transmitted as a MIB (NCT-MIB) arranged in the NCT. Master information generating section 101 outputs the generated NCT-MIB to error correction encoding section 104 and signal allocation section 106. The NCT-MIB includes resource allocation information indicating resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS. For example, if EPDCCH CSS resource allocation uses Type 2 distributed allocation (sometimes referred to as Type 2 distributed VRB allocation) allocated from VRB (Virtual Resource Block) to PRB (Physical Resource Block), resource allocation information of EPDCCH CSS Is information specifying the start position and the number of consecutive RBs in which EPDCCH CSS is arranged. In addition, the number of RBs in which EPDCCH CSS is arranged is set as a different value for each bandwidth (Band width), and can be selected from the candidates. For example, the number of RBs in which EPDCCH CSS is arranged increases as the bandwidth increases. In addition, the NCT-MIB is subjected to scrambling processing based on the cell ID of the base station 100.

  Discovery signal generation unit 102 generates a discovery signal based on the cell ID of base station 100 and outputs the generated signal to signal allocation unit 106.

  Common control signal generation section 103 generates a DCI (common control signal) transmitted in EPDCCH CSS, and outputs the generated DCI to signal allocation section 106. This DCI is, for example, a control signal related to system information, paging, RACH, and transmission power control, and is masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, RA-RNTI, and TPC-RNTI, respectively.

  Error correction coding section 104 performs error correction coding on the transmission data signal (that is, downlink data) and the control information received from master information generation section 101, and outputs the encoded signal to modulation section 105.

  Modulation section 105 modulates the signal received from error correction coding section 103 and outputs the modulated signal to signal allocation section 106.

  Based on the control information received from the master information generation unit 101, the signal allocation unit 106 allocates the common control signal received from the common control signal generation unit 103 to resources in the EPDCCH CSS. Specifically, the signal allocation unit 106 specifies an RB that constitutes the EPDCCH CSS indicated in the control information received from the master information generation unit 101, and allocates a common control signal to one of the specified RBs. Further, the signal allocation unit 104 allocates the modulated signal received from the modulation unit 103 to a preset downlink resource. Moreover, the signal allocation part 106 allocates the discovery signal received from the discovery signal generation part 102 to the downlink resource based on cell ID.

  As described above, a signal including downlink data and control information (NCT-MIB), a discovery signal, or a common control signal allocated to EPDCCH CSS is allocated to a predetermined resource, thereby generating a transmission signal. The generated transmission signal is output to transmission section 107.

  Transmitting section 107 performs predetermined transmission processing such as up-conversion on the transmission signal received from signal allocating section 106, and transmits the result to terminal 200 via an antenna.

  The receiving unit 108 receives a signal transmitted from the terminal 200 via an antenna, and performs predetermined reception processing such as down-conversion on the received signal. Reception unit 106 outputs the signal after reception processing to demodulation unit 109.

  Demodulation section 109 performs demodulation processing on the signal received from reception section 108 and outputs the obtained demodulated signal to error correction decoding section 110.

  Error correction decoding section 110 decodes the demodulated signal received from demodulation section 109 to obtain a received data signal (that is, uplink data).

[Configuration of terminal 200]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of terminal 200 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 5, a terminal 200 includes a reception unit 201, a signal separation unit 202, a demodulation unit 203, an error correction decoding unit 204, a discovery signal detection unit 205, a master information reception unit 206, and a common control signal reception unit. 207, an error correction coding unit 208, a modulation unit 209, a signal allocation unit 210, and a transmission unit 211.

  The receiving unit 201 receives a signal transmitted from the base station 100 via an antenna, performs predetermined reception processing such as down-conversion, and outputs the received signal to the signal separation unit 202. The received signal includes a signal including downlink data and control information (NCT-MIB), a discovery signal, a common control signal, and the like.

  The signal separation unit 202 extracts a signal (downlink data and control information) corresponding to the data resource from the received signal, and outputs the extracted signal to the demodulation unit 203. In addition, the signal separation unit 202 separates resources that may contain the discovery signal from the received signals, and outputs the separated resource components to the discovery signal detection unit 205. In addition, the signal separation unit 202 separates the resources of the EPDCCH CSS based on the resource allocation information of the EPDCCH CSS received from the master information reception unit 206 described later from the reception signals received from the reception unit 201, and The component is output to the common control signal receiving unit 207.

  Demodulation section 203 demodulates the signal received from signal separation section 202 and outputs the demodulated signal to error correction decoding section 204.

  The error correction decoding unit 204 decodes the demodulated signal received from the demodulation unit 203 and outputs the obtained reception data signal. In addition, error correction decoding section 204 outputs the obtained NCT-MIB to master information receiving section 206.

  Discovery signal detection section 205 detects a discovery signal indicating the cell ID of base station 100 from the received signal. Specifically, the discovery signal detection unit 205 detects whether a discovery signal is transmitted using the signal received from the signal separation unit 202. When the discovery signal is transmitted, the discovery signal detection unit 205 identifies the cell ID using the detected discovery signal. Discovery signal detection section 205 outputs the identified cell ID to master information reception section 206.

  Master information receiving section 206 extracts resource allocation information indicating resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS from the received signal using the cell ID of base station 100. Specifically, the master information receiving unit 206 demodulates the NCT-MIB (the NCT-MIB scrambled by the cell ID) received from the error correction decoding unit 204 using the cell ID received from the discovery signal detecting unit 205. EPDCCH CSS resource allocation information is extracted. Master information receiving section 206 outputs EPDCCH CSS resource allocation information to signal demultiplexing section 202.

  The common control signal receiving unit 207 extracts a common control signal (DCI) from the received signal by performing blind decoding on the EPDCCH CSS. Specifically, the common control signal reception unit 207 performs blind decoding (monitoring) on the EPDCCH CSS resource received from the signal separation unit 202, and extracts a common control signal (DCI). The DCI is masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, RA-RNTI, or TPC-RNTI.

  Error correction coding section 208 performs error correction coding on the transmission data signal (uplink data) and outputs the encoded signal to modulation section 209.

  Modulation section 209 modulates the signal output from error correction coding section 208 and outputs the modulated signal to signal allocation section 210.

  The signal allocation unit 210 allocates the signal received from the modulation unit 209 to the uplink resource. The assigned signal is output to the transmission unit 211 as a transmission signal.

  The transmission unit 211 performs predetermined transmission processing such as up-conversion on the transmission signal received from the signal allocation unit 210, and transmits the transmission signal via the antenna.

[Operations of base station 100 and terminal 200]
Details of operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having the above-described configurations will be described.

  First, LTE-Advanced Type 2 distributed allocation will be described.

  In Type 2 distributed allocation, VRB-to-PRB mapping rules are defined so that VRBs are allocated continuously and PRBs are distributed when mapping from VRB to PRB. As resource allocation information, the start number and the number of VRBs allocated continuously are specified. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the frequency diversity effect while suppressing the number of bits required for resource allocation notification. In LTE-Advanced Type 2 distributed allocation, VRBs are mapped to different PRBs in the first and second slots using different mapping rules for the first and second slots that make up one subframe. So that Thereby, the frequency diversity effect is further obtained. In addition, when resource allocation is notified using DCI format 1C, numbers that can be designated as VRB start numbers are limited in order to further reduce the number of bits required for resource allocation notification. Specifically, the start number of VRB can be selected from 0, step, 2 * step, 3 * step. Note that the value of step varies depending on the bandwidth. For example, when the number of RBs in the band is less than 50, step = 2, and when the number of RBs is 50 or more, step = 4.

  Next, a method of notifying EPDCCH CSS resource allocation information according to the present embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, a method based on the above-described Type 2 distributed allocation is used for notification of EPDCCH CSS resource allocation. Specifically, base station 100 notifies terminal 200 of resource allocation information that identifies the start number (start position) and number of consecutive VRBs in which EPDCCH CSS is arranged. At this time, the base station 100 notifies the terminal 200 of the start number and number of VRBs that specify the EPDCCH CSS using the NCT-MIB.

Here, in the current MIB specification, the downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth), the PHICH arrangement information (phich Config. 3 bits), the frame number (systemFrameNumber. 8 bits) in which the MIB is transmitted, In addition, a spare area (spare, 10 bits) for function expansion is set.
MasterInformationBlock :: = SEQUENCE {
dl Bandwidth ENUMERATED {
n6, n15, n25, n50, n75, n100},
phich Config PHICH Config,
systemFrameNumber BIT STRING (SIZE (8)),
spare BIT STRING (SIZE (10))
}

  On the other hand, since NCT does not have a region (PDCCH region) in which PDCCH is arranged as described above (see FIG. 1B), it is assumed that PHICH is not used. Therefore, in the NCT-MIB, the area of phich Config (and spare) in the current MIB can be used for notification of other information.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, base station 100 uses NCT-MIB (for example, areas of phich Config and spare) to transmit resource allocation information indicating the start number and the number of VRBs constituting EPDCCH CSS to terminal 200. Notice. This NCT-MIB is scrambled with the cell ID of the base station 100.

  Then, after acquiring the cell ID of the base station 100 using the discovery signal, the terminal 200 receives the NCT-MIB and identifies the start number and number of VRBs that make up the EPDCCH CSS. By doing so, the terminal 200 (for example, idle mode UE) recognizes the base station 100 (for example, a small cell using S-NCT) without using a UE-specific control signal, and a resource (RB) in which the EPDCCH is arranged (RB) The DCI assigned to the EPDCCH CSS can be received.

  For the EPDCCH CSS resource notified using the NCT-MIB, for example, in the present embodiment, the start number of the VRB constituting the EPDCCH CSS is set by the same method as the LTE-Advanced method described above. That is, the VRB start number is selected from among 0, step, 2 * step, 3 * step,.

  On the other hand, the number of VRBs constituting the EPDCCH CSS is set by a method different from the LTE-Advanced method described above. Specifically, the larger the downlink bandwidth, the greater the number of VRBs (PRBs) in which EPDCCH CSS is arranged.

  Increasing the number of resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS improves the frequency diversity effect, but decreases the number of resources that can be allocated to the PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (data area)). If the number of resources allocated to PDSCH is small, downlink throughput will deteriorate. On the other hand, when the bandwidth is wide, the effect of the downlink throughput degradation due to the PDSCH limitation is small, and the throughput improvement effect due to the EPDCCH quality improvement due to the increase in the number of EPDCCH CSS resources is greater Is expected. Therefore, it is effective to change the number of resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS according to the bandwidth.

  However, the number of resources (number of RBs) required to satisfy the quality of EPDCCH CSS differs depending on the cell radius of the small cell, interference from other cells, or the like. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a plurality of RB number candidates may be associated with each bandwidth. FIG. 6 shows an example of the correspondence relationship between the frequency bandwidth ([MHz]), the number of RBs corresponding to the frequency bandwidth (N_RB), and the number of RBs of EPDCCH CSS. As shown in FIG. 6, the wider the frequency bandwidth (the more N_RB), the greater the number of RBs in EPDCCH CSS. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, two candidates for the number of RBs of EPDCCH CSS are associated with each frequency bandwidth. In this case, the base station 100 uses one bit of NCT-MIB (for example, phich Config or spare) to indicate information indicating which of a plurality of candidates of the RB number shown in FIG. May be notified.

  FIG. 7 shows an arrangement example of EPDCCH CSS. FIG. 7 shows a VRB-to-PRB mapping rule when the number of RBs in the entire band is 25. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, PRBs # 0 to # 23 with numbers interleaved are associated with VRBs # 0 to # 23 in ascending order.

  When the number of RBs in the entire band is 25 (N_RB = 25), either 2 or 4 is set as the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS, for example, referring to FIG. For example, when 4 are selected as the number of RBs of EPDCCH CSS and the start position of VRB where EPDCCH CSS is arranged is VRB # 8, as shown in FIG. 7, EPDCCH CSS is VRB # 8, 9 in VRB. , 10, 11, and PRB # 9, 13, 17, 21 in the PRB.

  That is, in FIG. 7, base station 100 uses VRB # 8 as a start position, and cell IDs used for NCT-MIB and NCT-MIB scrambling processing including resource allocation information of EPDCCH CSS consisting of four RBs. Terminal 200 and a common control signal (DCI) assigned to any one of EPDCCH CSS configured by PRB # 9,13,17,21 (VRB # 8,9,10,11) Send to. Terminal 200 extracts the NCT-MIB using the cell ID indicated in the discovery signal, and based on the resource allocation information included in NCT-MIB, PRB # 9, 13, 17, 21 (VRB # 8, 9, 10, 11) is specified, and the common control signal (DCI) is received by performing blind decoding on the EPDCCH CSS.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, in base station 100 (small cell) that uses a carrier configuration in which EPDCCH is arranged in the data region without having a PDCCH region, master information generation unit 101 configures EPDCCH CSS. Resource allocation information that is scrambled with the cell ID of the base station 100 (that is, NCT-MIB), and the transmission unit 107 includes the resource allocation information, a discovery signal indicating the cell ID, And the common control signal (DCI) allocated to EPDCCH CSS is transmitted. Further, in terminal 200, discovery signal detection section 205 detects a discovery signal from the reception signal transmitted from base station 100, and master information reception section 206 uses the cell ID to detect EPDCCH CSS from the reception signal. The resource allocation information to be configured is extracted, and the common control signal receiving unit 207 extracts a common control signal (DCI) from the received signal by performing blind decoding on the EPDCCH CSS.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, the idle mode UE (terminal 200) receives the NCT-MIB based on the cell ID specified by detecting the discovery signal, and uses the resource allocation information included in the NCT-MIB. The DCI can be received within the EPDCCH CSS specified based on it. That is, according to the present embodiment, terminal 200 can recognize the EPDCCH CSS and acquire the DCI assigned in the EPDCCH CSS without the UE-specific control signal. By doing so, even in a small cell using S-NCT, idle mode UE can recognize the small cell and receive DCI related to system information, paging and RACH in the same manner as BCT.

  In the present embodiment, the wider the frequency bandwidth (the greater the number of RBs in the band), the greater the number of RBs in EPDCCH CSS. In this way, when the frequency bandwidth is wide, it is possible to obtain the effect of improving the throughput by improving the quality of the EPDCCH while suppressing the influence of the downlink throughput deterioration due to the PDSCH restriction.

  In the present embodiment, “step” used for designating the start position of the VRB constituting the EPDCCH CSS may be set to the same value as the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS. In this manner, EPDCCH CSS allocation candidates for the number of sets that can be arranged without overlapping EPDCCH CSS can be secured in the entire area.

  Also, in LTE-Advanced Type 2 distributed allocation, different mapping rules are applied to the first slot and the second slot, whereas in the present embodiment, the same for the first slot and the second slot. Mapping rules may be applied. In this way, EPDCCH CSS is arranged in the same PRB between slots. Since EPDCCH is demodulated using DMRS, EPDCCH is placed in the same PRB in both first slot and second slot so that it can be demodulated using DMRS in both first slot and second slot. This is because it is desirable. Also, by making the PRB numbers in which EPDCCH CSSs are arranged the same in the first slot and the second slot, it is possible to reduce the number of RBs that cannot be used for PDSCH. In the present embodiment, the case where the rule in the first slot (FIG. 7) is applied as the VRB-to-PRB mapping rule has been described, but the rule in the second slot may be used.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, you may add the period (period of CSS) in which EPDCCH CSS is transmitted as resource allocation information notified using NCT-MIB. For example, using 2 bits of NCT-MIB, the subframe period in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged may be selected from four types of subframe periods (5 msec, 10 msec, 20 msec, 40 msec). In this way, the overhead amount by EPDCCH CSS can be adjusted in accordance with the downlink traffic amount. Also, by notifying a subframe in which no EPDCCH CSS is arranged, EPDCCH detection errors and erroneous detections in terminal 200 can be reduced.

<Variation 1>
In the present embodiment, the case has been described in which the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS is changed for each frequency bandwidth (number of RBs) (see FIG. 6), but for each number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS and the aggregation level (AL: Aggregation level) The number of EPDCCHs monitored by the terminal 200 may be changed every time (to be described later).

  Here, in LTE-Advanced, 1 RB has 12 subcarriers in the frequency direction and a width of 0.5 msec in the time direction. A unit obtained by combining two RBs in the time direction is called an RB pair. That is, the RB pair has 12 subcarriers in the frequency direction and has a width of 1 msec in the time direction. Further, when the RB pair represents a block (group) of 12 subcarriers on the frequency axis, the RB pair may be simply referred to as RB. In the physical layer, the RP pair is also called a PRB pair (Physical RB pair). A unit defined by one subcarrier and one OFDM symbol is called a Resource Element (RE).

  In EPDCCH, a unit in which each PRB pair is divided into 16 resources is called EREG (Enhanced Resource Element Group), and a resource unit composed of 4 or 8 EREGs is defined as ECCE (Enhanced Control Channel Element). ). In addition, the number of ECCEs constituting the EPDCCH that transmits one control signal is referred to as an aggregation level. EPDCCH has a plurality of aggregation levels. Each aggregation level has EPDCCH candidates defined in advance. An EPDCCH candidate is a candidate for a region to which a control signal is assigned, and a search space is configured by a plurality of EPDCCH candidates. For example, the number of PDCCH CSS PDCCH candidates is four for AL4 (aggregation level: 4) and two for AL8 (aggregation level: 8).

  For example, when one ECCE is configured with four EREGs in EPDCCH, the number of ECCEs is 32 when the number of RBs (PRB pair number) is 8, and the number of ECCEs is 16 when the number of RBs is 4. When the number of RBs is two, the number of ECCEs is eight, and when the number of RBs is one, the number of ECCEs is four. Therefore, if the number of EPDCCH CSS candidates for EPDCCH CSS is four for AL4 and two for AL8, as in PDCCH CSS, each EPDCCH candidate is configured when the number of RBs constituting the EPDCCH is two and one. ECCE overlaps.

  Therefore, by changing the AL of the EPDCCH CSS for each number of RBs constituting the EPDCCH CSS, the EPDCCH CSS EPDCCH candidate may not be duplicated. For example, FIG. 8 shows a correspondence relationship between the number of RBs of EPDCCH CSS, the aggregation level (AL), and the number of EPDCCH monitored by terminal 200. FIG. 8 shows a case where 1ECCE is configured with four EREGs in EPDCCH.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the number of EPDCCH CSS EPDCCH CSS RBs is one (the number of ECCEs is four), AL1 is three, AL2 is two, and AL4 is one. EPDCCH When the number of CSS RBs is 2 (ECCE number: 8), AL2 is 3, AL4 is 2 and AL8 is 1, and EPDCCH CSS is RB number is 4 (ECCE number: 16) , 4 for AL4, 2 for AL8, 8 EPDCCH CSS RBs (ECCE number: 32), 3 for AL4, 2 for AL8, 1 for AL16.

  In this way, each EPDCCH candidate at each aggregation level can be set without overlapping ECCE.

<Variation 2>
In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which the start position of the VRB of the EPDCCH CSS is notified by the NCT-MIB. On the other hand, in variation 2, the start position of the VRB of the EPDCCH CSS is designated based on the cell ID. In this case, the resource allocation information included in the NCT-MIB is information indicating only the number of VRBs constituting the EPDCCH CSS. In this way, the number of bits required for notification of resource allocation of EPDCCH CSS can be further reduced as compared with the above embodiment. The cell ID is acquired from the discovery signal in the terminal 200, for example. The cell ID is also called a PCID (Physical Cell ID).

The RB start position (RB_start) based on the cell ID is calculated according to the following equation (1), for example.
RB_start = (PCID mod floor (N_VRB / K)) * K (1)

  In Equation (1), K indicates the number of RBs allocated to EPDCCH CSS, and N_VRB indicates the total number of VRBs. For example, when PCID = 1500, K = 4, and N_VRB = 24, RB_start = (1500 mod floor 24/4) * 4 = 0. Therefore, the EPDCCH CSS is assigned to VRB # 0, 1, 2, 3 in VRB, and is assigned to PRB # 0, 4, 8, 12 in PRB (see, for example, FIG. 9).

  However, if the start positions of EPDCCH CSS RBs overlap between adjacent cells, they interfere with each other. Therefore, a shift value for avoiding interference between adjacent cells may be set. For example, by making the shift value an integral multiple of K, it is possible to avoid duplication of EPDCCH CSS between adjacent cells in all RBs. The shift of the start position of RB is defined in advance by one shift value, and 1 bit can be used to indicate the presence or absence of the shift, or 2 bits or more can be used to select from a plurality of shift values. Good.

  In Equation (1), since K is set as the number of RBs allocated to EPDCCH CSS, RB_start is secured for the number of sets that can be arranged without overlapping EPDCCH CSS in all bands. When duplication is allowed, K may be set to the number of RBs allocated to EPDCCH CSS / 2 or the like.

(Embodiment 2)
In the present embodiment, a method for avoiding a collision between a discovery signal (or a synchronization signal) and EPDCCH CSS will be described.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the discovery signal is arranged in a specific RE (Resource Element) in the subframe, and the UE knows in advance the arrangement position of the discovery signal.

[Configuration of base station 300]
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of base station 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 10, the same components as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 4) are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

In FIG. 10, the signal allocation unit 301 is similar to the first embodiment (signal allocation unit 106).
The modulation signal received from the modulation unit 103, the common control signal received from the common control signal generation unit 103, and the discovery signal received from the discovery signal generation unit 102 are allocated to the corresponding resources. At this time, when the resource in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged and the resource in which the discovery signal is arranged collide, the signal allocation unit 301 changes the resource in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged. A method for changing the EPDCCH CSS allocation resource will be described later.

[Configuration of Terminal 400]
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of terminal 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 11, the same components as those in Embodiment 1 (FIG. 5) are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 11, in addition to the operation of the first embodiment (Discovery signal detection unit 205), Discovery signal detection unit 401 outputs the transmission cycle and resource information (arrangement position, etc.) of the discovery signal to signal separation unit 402.

  Similarly to the first embodiment (signal separation unit 202), the signal separation unit 402 includes, from a received signal, a signal (downlink data and control information) corresponding to a data resource, a resource that may include a discovery signal, and , EPDCCH CSS resources are separated. At this time, the signal separation unit 402 arranges the discovery signal based on the transmission cycle and resource information of the discovery signal received from the discovery signal detection unit 401 and the resource allocation information of the EPDCCH CSS received from the master information reception unit 206. Recognize resources that can collide with resources of EPDCCH CSS. Then, the signal separation unit 402 recognizes that the resource in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged has been changed for the resources that may collide, and separates the component of the EPDCCH CSS resource from the received signal. A method for changing the EPDCCH CSS allocation resource will be described later.

[Operations of base station 300 and terminal 400]
Details of operations of base station 300 and terminal 400 having the above-described configurations will be described.

  Operation examples 1 to 3 will be described with respect to a method for changing EPDCCH CSS allocation resources in base station 300 and terminal 400, respectively.

<Operation example 1>
In the operation example 1, when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, the EPDCCH CSS is not arranged in the subframe. That is, in the first operation example, collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS is avoided in units of subframes.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the transmission interval of the discovery signal is 5 msec (for example, subframes # N-10, # N-5, #N, # N + 5, # N + 10), and EPDCCH CSS Assume that the transmission cycle is 2 msec (for example, subframes # N-4, # N-2, #N, # N + 2, # N + 4). In this case, the discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, and the timing at which the collision occurs is 10 msec intervals (for example, subframes # N-20, # N-10, #N, # N + 10, # N + 20)

  Here, the terminal 400 detects the discovery signal, receives the MIB using the discovery signal, and specifies the EPDCCH CSS. For this reason, it is preferable to transmit / receive the discovery signal with priority over EPDCCH CSS.

  Therefore, base station 300 (signal allocation section 301) sets EPDCCH CSS in a subframe at a 10 msec interval (subframe #N in FIG. 12) as a transmission timing of a discovery signal among subframes as a transmission timing of EPDCCH CSS. Do not place (do not send). Similarly, terminal 400 (signal demultiplexing section 402), among subframes that are transmission timings of EPDCCH CSS, in the subframes of 10 msec intervals (subframe #N in FIG. 12) that are transmission timings of discovery signals, The detection process is skipped and output to the common control signal receiving unit 208 is not performed.

  Thus, EPDCCH CSS is not arranged in a subframe in which a discovery signal is arranged among a plurality of subframes in which the arrangement of EPDCCH CSS is set in advance. In this way, cell detection accuracy can be maintained by prioritizing transmission / reception of the discovery signal over transmission / reception of the EPDCCH CSS. In addition, since the quality of EPDCCH CSS can be maintained by avoiding simultaneous transmission of discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS, it is possible to suppress the probability of false detection or misdetection of EPDCCH CSS. .

  If the EPDCCH CSS transmission interval is variable, the EPDCCH CSS transmission interval may be determined in consideration of the amount of resources required for EPDCCH CSS and collision with the discovery signal.

<Operation example 2>
In the operation example 2, when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, the EPDCCH CSS is arranged avoiding the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is arranged in the subframe. That is, in the operation example 2, the collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS is avoided for each RE.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the discovery signal transmission interval is 5 msec (for example, subframes # N-10, # N-5, #N, # N + 5, # N + 10) as in the first operation example. Assume that the transmission cycle of EPDCCH CSS is 2 msec (for example, subframes # N-4, # N-2, #N, # N + 2, # N + 4). In this case, the timing at which the collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS occurs is a 10 msec interval (for example, subframes # N-20, # N-10, #N, # N + 10, # N + 20).

  Therefore, the base station 300 (signal allocation unit 301), at the timing when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are allocated in the same subframe, the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is allocated among the resources indicated in the resource allocation information. Allocate a common control signal (DCI) to other resources. That is, at the timing when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, the base station 300 overlaps the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is arranged, and the resource of the EPDCCH CSS has a common control signal (DCI). Is not assigned. Similarly, terminal 400 (signal demultiplexing section 402 and common control signal receiving section 207), when the discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, out of the resources indicated in the resource allocation information, A common control signal (DCI) is obtained by separating resources other than the arranged resource (RE) and performing blind decoding on the resource.

  Thus, in the subframe in which both the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged, the EPDCCH CSS is arranged in a resource other than the resource in which the discovery signal is arranged among the resources indicated in the resource allocation information. By doing so, the EPDCCH CSS characteristics can be degraded by the amount of EPDCCH CSS resource reduction. However, when the channel quality with terminal 400 can be estimated, such as RACH response, base station 300 should use a subframe in which a discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS are arranged for terminal 400 with good channel quality. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the deterioration of the characteristics of the EPDCCH CSS.

  Also, if a high aggregation level is used, the total amount of DCI transmitted by EPDCCH CSS is reduced, but the quality of EPDCCH CSS can be ensured. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the restriction on resource use for EPDCCH CSS in the subframe in which the discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS are arranged.

  Further, since terminal 400 recognizes the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is arranged in the corresponding cell, the EPDCCH CSS resource to be arranged in the RE is punctured or rate-matched. Can be recognized. Puncturing is a method of skipping reception of REs where a discovery signal is arranged without changing the arrangement order of resources. Rate matching is a method of changing encoding according to the number of REs that can be used. .

  Further, as in the first operation example, the cell detection accuracy can be maintained by prioritizing the transmission of the discovery signal over the transmission of the EPDCCH CSS. In addition, the quality of EPDCCH CSS can be maintained by avoiding that discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS are transmitted using the same resource, so the probability of false detection or misdetection of EPDCCH CSS Can be suppressed.

<Operation example 3>
In the operation example 3, as in the operation example 2, when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, the EPDCCH CSS avoids the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is arranged in the subframe. Arranged.

  However, in the operation example 2, the EPDCCH CSS is not allocated to the resource where the discovery signal of the subframe is allocated, and the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS is decreased. On the other hand, in operation example 3, in order to secure the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS, the resource (for example, VRB) in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged is shifted by the number of RBs where the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS collide. The operation example 3 is particularly effective when the RB in which the discovery signal is arranged is limited as in PSS / SSS.

  Specifically, the base station 300, at a timing when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe, the resource (RB) in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged so as to avoid collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS. ) To place EPDCCH CSS. Also, the terminal 400 recognizes that the EPDCCH CSS is arranged so as to avoid the collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS at the timing when the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS are arranged in the same subframe. Specify CSS.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a case will be described in which the number of RBs in the band is 25 and the discovery signal is arranged at the center of the band in the same manner as PSS / SSS. In FIG. 14, the discovery signal is arranged at PRB # 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (approximately the center of the band). Further, as resource allocation information of the EPDCCH CSS, the VRB start position is VRB # 8 and the number is four.

  In this case, when EPDCCH CSS is arranged in 4VRBs VRB # 8 to # 11 in the same manner as in the first embodiment (FIG. 7), the discovery signal is set in VRB # 8, # 9, that is, PRB # 9, # 13. EPDCCH CSS conflicts. Therefore, in the operation example 3, in the resource allocation of the EPDCCH CSS, the EPDCCH CSS is arranged in the VRB # 10 to 13 by skipping the allocation of 2 VRBs of VRB # 8 and # 9 colliding with the discovery signal. That is, the resources in which the EPDCCH CSS is arranged are VRB # 10 to # 13 obtained by shifting VRB # 8 to # 11 indicated in the resource allocation information by 2VRB in VRB # 8 and # 9. In this way, 4VRB is secured as a resource of EPDCCH CSS.

  In this manner, among the subframes in which the discovery signal is arranged among the plurality of subframes in which the EPDCCH CSS arrangement is set in advance, among the resources indicated in the resource allocation information, the resource (RE) in which the discovery signal is arranged ) Are shifted to resources other than the resource where the discovery signal is arranged, and EPDCCH CSS is arranged. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, collision between the discovery signal and EPDCCH CSS can be avoided while securing EPDCCH CCS resources (without reducing the number of resources). That is, according to the operation example 3, since the quality of EPDCCH CSS can be maintained while maintaining the cell detection accuracy, the probability of EPDCCH CSS false detection or misdetection can be suppressed. Can do.

  Next, as an example, a case where the number of RBs in a band is 50 will be described using FIG.

  In this case, it is assumed that the discovery signal is arranged at PRB # 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, which is the center of the band, in the same manner as PSS / SSS. When the number of RBs in the band is 50, the number of VRBs is 46 (VRB # 0 to # 45). When the number of RBs in the band is 50, the VRB start position step is 4, and the VRB start position candidates are 11 VRB # 0, 4, 8,. For example, when the number of RBs of the EPDCCH CSS is 4, 11 EPDCCH CSS patterns (11 patterns surrounded by a dotted line shown in FIG. 16) are set as candidates for resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS. That is, any one of 11 patterns is designated as EPDCCH CSS.

  However, in 11 patterns surrounded by a dotted line shown in FIG. 16, collision with the discovery signal occurs in 4 patterns.

  On the other hand, in the operation example 3, as described above, the EPDCCH CSS is arranged so as to avoid collision with the discovery signal.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the VRDC # 0,4,9,13,17,22,26,32,36,42 are candidates for the start position of the EPDCCH CSS VRB, and the discovery signal is arranged. The four RBs are set as one pattern (a pattern surrounded by a solid line shown in FIG. 16) that is a candidate for the resource constituting the EPDCCH CSS. In this case, ten EPDCCH CSS patterns that do not collide with the discovery signal can be secured. Further, since these 10 patterns are arranged in different RBs (since RBs do not overlap), collision of EPDCCH CSS can be avoided between cells in which the discovery signal is arranged in the same RB.

  For example, the base station 300 may notify the terminal 400 of the EPDCCH CSS RB start position and the number of RBs. Terminal 400 corresponds to the RB start position from among a plurality of EPDCCH CSS patterns (patterns shown in FIG. 16 when the number of RBs is four) corresponding to the number of RBs of EPDCCH notified from base station 300. One pattern is recognized as an EPDCCH CSS resource. That is, in FIG. 16, terminal 400 identifies any one of a plurality of EPDCCH CSS patterns based on resource allocation information indicating the start position and the number of RBs constituting EPDCCH CSS.

  In this way, a plurality of patterns that are candidates for resources constituting the EPDCCH CSS are set in advance. In addition, each of the plurality of patterns is configured by resources other than the resource where the discovery signal is arranged. Further, the resource allocation information of the EPDCCH CSS is information for specifying any one of the plurality of patterns. In this way, by setting the resource allocation pattern of the EPDCCH CSS in advance using resources that do not cause a collision with the discovery signal, the terminal 400 can perform the EPDCCH CSS without considering the collision between the discovery signal and the EPDCCH CSS. DCI can be received.

  Here, the resource allocation information of the EPDCCH CSS is not limited to information indicating the start position and the number of RBs constituting the EPDCCH CSS, and may be information indicating a pattern to be used among a plurality of patterns, for example.

  As an example, the case where the number of RBs in the band is 50 has been described, but is not limited to the case where the number of RBs in the band is 50, and other RB numbers (for example, 6, 15, 25, 75, 100) In the same way, EPDCCH CSS patterns that do not collide with the discovery signal may be set in advance.

  The operation examples 1 to 3 of the method for changing the EPDCCH CSS arrangement resource in the base station 300 and the terminal 400 have been described above.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to avoid a collision between a discovery signal (or a synchronization signal) and EPDCCH CSS.

  In the present embodiment, a case has been described where Type 2 distributed allocation (resource allocation information specifying the RB start position and the number of RBs) is used for notification of the EPDCCH CSS arrangement position, but this is not a limitation. For example, You may use the resource allocation information which specifies RB which is the arrangement position of EPDCCH CSS, or the group of RB.

  Further, although a case has been described with the present embodiment where collision between EPDCCH CSS and a discovery signal is avoided, this embodiment may be applied to avoid collision between EPDCCH CSS and NCT-MIB.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

[Other embodiments]
In the above embodiment, the case where the EPDCCH CSS is arranged in the NCT has been described, but the above embodiment may be applied to the case where the EPDCCH CSS is arranged in the BCT. In particular, cell coverage needs to be expanded in MTC (Machine Type Communication), etc., but it is possible to expand cell coverage using EPDCCH CSS when CSS within PDCCH cannot secure sufficient cell coverage. It becomes.

  In the above embodiment, the EPDCCH CSS has been described as a CSS that can be detected based on the cell ID. That is, in the above embodiment, one CSS in one cell has been described. However, a plurality of CSSs may be set in one cell, and each terminal may select a specific CSS from among the plurality of CSSs. Therefore, the CSS used in the above embodiment may be extended to a CSS (group CSS or UE group CSS) set in units of UE groups. For example, the UE group CSS may be configured for eIMTA (enhancement for DL-UL Interference Management and Traffic Adaptation), CoMP (Coordinated of Multiple Pont transmission and reception) or NS-NCT. In the above embodiment, cell IDs are used, but when group CSS is applied, for example, group IDs are used. For example, the group ID may be an ID indicating a group of a plurality of cells in which the same configuration is set in eIMTA, or an ID indicating a group of a plurality of cells cooperating in CoMP. This group ID is instruct | indicated to a terminal by upper layer signaling specific to UE, for example.

  Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiment as examples where the present invention is configured by hardware, the present invention can also be realized by software in cooperation with hardware.

  Each functional block used in the description of the above embodiment is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include a part or all of them. The name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.

  Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general purpose processors is also possible. An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that can be programmed after manufacturing the LSI, or a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.

  Further, if integrated circuit technology comes out to replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also possible to carry out function block integration using this technology. Biotechnology can be applied.

  As described above, the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure is a base station apparatus that uses a carrier configuration in which an EPDCCH is arranged in a data area without an area in which the PDCCH is arranged, and configures a search space in the EPDCCH Allocation information indicating resources, the generation unit generating the allocation information scrambled with a cell ID of the base station apparatus, the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and the search space And a transmission unit that transmits the assigned control signal.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, the search space is not arranged in a subframe in which the detection signal is arranged among a plurality of subframes in which the arrangement of the search space is set in advance.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, in a subframe in which both the detection signal and the search space are arranged, the search signal is arranged in the search space among resources indicated in the allocation information. Allocated to resources other than resources.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, among the subframes in which the detection signal is arranged among a plurality of subframes in which the arrangement of the search space is set in advance, of the resources indicated in the allocation information, The search space is arranged by shifting a resource that overlaps the resource in which the detection signal is arranged to a resource other than the resource in which the detection signal is arranged.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, a plurality of patterns that are candidates for resources constituting the search space are set in advance, and each of the plurality of patterns is configured by resources other than the resource in which the detection signal is arranged. The allocation information is information for specifying any one of the plurality of patterns.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, the allocation information is information indicating a start position and the number of consecutive resources in which the search space is arranged, and the larger the downlink bandwidth, the larger the number.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, each of the bandwidths is associated with the plurality of candidates, and the allocation information further includes information indicating which of the plurality of candidates is used. Including.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, the start positions of the continuous resources in which the search space is arranged are determined based on the cell ID, and the allocation information is information indicating the number of the resources.

  In the base station apparatus according to the present disclosure, the allocation information further includes information indicating a period in which the search space is arranged.

  The terminal apparatus according to the present disclosure does not have an area where the PDCCH is arranged, and from a received signal transmitted from the base station apparatus using a carrier configuration in which the EPDCCH is arranged in the data area, the cell ID of the base station apparatus A detection unit for detecting a detection signal indicating a first signal, a first reception unit for extracting allocation information indicating a resource constituting a search space in the EPDCCH from the received signal using the cell ID, and the search space And a second receiving unit that extracts a control signal from the received signal by performing blind decoding on the received signal.

  A transmission method according to the present disclosure is a transmission method in a base station apparatus that uses a carrier configuration in which an EPDCCH is arranged in a data area without an area in which a PDCCH is arranged, and configures a search space in the EPDCCH Allocation information indicating a resource, the allocation information scrambled with a cell ID of the base station apparatus is generated, and allocated to the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and the search space Send a control signal.

  The reception method according to the present disclosure has a cell ID of the base station apparatus from a reception signal transmitted from the base station apparatus using a carrier configuration in which the PDCCH is not disposed in the data area and the EPDCCH is disposed in the data area. And detecting allocation signals indicating resources constituting the search space in the EPDCCH from the received signal using the cell ID, and performing blind decoding on the search space. Thus, a control signal is extracted from the received signal.

  The present invention is useful for mobile communication systems and the like.

100, 300 Base station 200, 400 Terminal 101 Master information generation unit 102 Discovery signal generation unit 103 Common control signal generation unit 104, 208 Error correction encoding unit 105, 209 Modulation unit 106, 210, 301 Signal allocation unit 107, 211 Transmission Unit 108, 201 Receiver 109, 203 Demodulator 110, 204 Error correction decoder 202, 402 Signal separation unit 205, 401 Discovery signal detector 206 Master information receiver 207 Common control signal receiver

Claims (17)

A receiving unit that receives allocation information generated using bits other than a downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);
A decoding unit configured to decode a control channel including information related to system information, paging or RACH, which is arranged in a data area different from an area in which a physical downlink control channel is arranged based on the allocation information;
A communication device. A receiving unit that receives allocation information generated using bits other than a downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);
Based on the allocation information, a control channel masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, or RA-RNTI, which is arranged in a data area different from the area where the physical downlink control channel is arranged, is decoded. A decoding unit to
A communication device. A receiving unit that receives allocation information generated using bits other than a downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);
Based on the allocation information and the cell ID, a decoding unit arranged in a data area different from an area in which a physical downlink control channel is arranged, and decoding a control channel;
A communication device. The receiving unit receives a detection signal for specifying the cell ID;
The communication apparatus according to claim 3. The control channel is disposed in a search space;
The allocation information relates to resources constituting the search space.
The communication apparatus according to claim 1. The receiving unit receives the allocation information scrambled by a cell ID;
The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The control channel is arranged in a subframe other than a detection signal for specifying a cell ID or a subframe in which the MIB is arranged,
The communication apparatus according to claim 1. The control channel is arranged in a search space specified from information indicating a start position and the number of consecutive resource blocks.
The communication device according to claim 1. The start position is determined based on a cell ID.
The communication apparatus according to claim 8. The control channels are periodically arranged;
The communication apparatus according to claim 1. The number of control channels to be monitored depends on the number of resource blocks constituting the search space and the aggregation level.
The communication device according to claim 1. In the master information block (MIB), receive allocation information generated using bits other than downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and frame number (systemFrameNumber),
Based on the allocation information, decoding a control channel including information related to system information, paging or RACH arranged in a data area different from an area where a physical downlink control channel is arranged.
Communication method. In the master information block (MIB), receive allocation information generated using bits other than downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and frame number (systemFrameNumber),
Based on the allocation information, a control channel masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, or RA-RNTI, which is arranged in a data area different from the area where the physical downlink control channel is arranged, is decoded. To
Communication method. In the master information block (MIB), receive allocation information generated using bits other than downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and frame number (systemFrameNumber),
Based on the allocation information and the cell ID, a control channel arranged in a data area different from an area where a physical downlink control channel is arranged is decoded.
Communication method. A process of receiving allocation information generated using bits other than the downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and the frame number (systemFrameNumber) in the master information block (MIB);
Decoding a control channel including information on system information, paging or RACH, which is arranged in a data area different from an area in which the physical downlink control channel is arranged, based on the allocation information;
Controlling the integrated circuit. A process of receiving allocation information generated using bits other than the downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and the frame number (systemFrameNumber) in the master information block (MIB);
Based on the allocation information, a control channel masked by SI-RNTI, P-RNTI, or RA-RNTI, which is arranged in a data area different from the area where the physical downlink control channel is arranged, is decoded. Processing to
Controlling the integrated circuit. A process of receiving allocation information generated using bits other than the downlink bandwidth (dl Bandwidth) and the frame number (systemFrameNumber) in the master information block (MIB);
Based on the allocation information and the cell ID, a process of decoding a control channel arranged in a data area different from an area in which a physical downlink control channel is arranged;
Controlling the integrated circuit.

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